Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon

Colour: Mauve, dark centre. Nose: Broodingly un-giving at first?With a little coaxing a varietal ascension of briar, blackcurrant, mulberry and tomato-leaf aromatics. Without as much as a swirl, saddle-leather, cantaloupe skin complexities appear, as do wafts of pencil-shavings oak. Convincingly, Cabernet. Palate: Focused. Flavours of stewed beetroot meshed with dark liqueured cherry, and a spray of menthol/spearmint. A carpaccio/tartare fleshiness underpinned by beef-stock, powdery tannins. One barrel in three new? How?! Food Matches: Slowly roasted garlic and rosemary infused lamb shoulder with kalimata olives, grilled capsicum, zucchini and heirloom tomatoes.